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Just 10 minutes of physical activity multiple times a day improves health

Despite the importance of physical activity, many people feel they don't have enough time to exercise. An active lifestyle that includes engaging in physical activity for less than 10 minutes multiple times ...

Health created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People movement drives dengue virus transmission

(Medical Xpress)—To stop the transmission of dengue, a mosquito-borne virus that threatens some 4 billion people worldwide, it's crucial to focus on people movement, not just on the traditional mosquito control-and-prevention ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Your new weight-loss resolution: drive less

(HealthDay)— If weight loss is your New Year's resolution, making another vow—to drive less in 2013—could help, a new study suggests.

Health created Dec 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spanish registry IDs predictors of low back pain improvement

(HealthDay)—For patients with acute or chronic low back pain (LBP), predictors have been identified for clinically relevant improvements in LBP, pain down the leg (LP), and disability at three months, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intensive therapy no better than traditional care at speeding up recovery from whiplash

More costly, intensive treatment works no better than usual care at speeding up recovery from whiplash injuries, according to new research published Online First in The Lancet.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Team to study drug-resistant malaria in Myanmar

University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers have launched groundbreaking research into the spread of potentially deadly drug-resistant malaria in the developing Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, also known as Burma. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NHANES data don't support BPA, chronic disease link

(HealthDay)—An analysis of data from a public health database has shown no association between urinary bisphenol A (BPA) levels and chronic diseases, unlike previous studies, but this dataset may be inappropriate ...

Health created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Prevalence of visual impairment in US increases

The prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment (not due to need for glasses) in the U.S. has increased significantly in recent years, which may be partly related to a higher prevalence of diabetes, an associated risk factor, ...

Ophthalmology created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Palliative care improves outcomes for seniors

Seniors in long-term care experienced a significant reduction in emergency room visits and depression when receiving palliative care services, according to a recent collaborative study by researchers at Hebrew SeniorLife's ...

Health created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Thousands protest Spain's health care austerity

(AP)—Thousands of Spanish medical workers and residents angered by budget cuts and plans to partly privatize the cherished national health service marched through some of Madrid's most famous squares on ...

Health created Dec 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New analysis examines stakes for Medicaid in upcoming fiscal cliff negotiations on Capitol Hill

As lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle look for ways to reduce federal spending in the coming weeks Medicaid may emerge as a prime target, according to a new analysis by Professor Sara Rosenbaum, JD, the Harold ...

Health created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gaps in life expectancy between rich and poor set to increase over next 10 years

Health inequalities between England's richest and poorest areas have widened in the ten years between 1999 and 2008. Researchers warn, in a study published today in BMJ, that over the next ten years, we may experience smalle ...

Health created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hyperemesis gravidarum: no ordinary morning sickness

For anyone who has had hyperemesis gravidarum, the pregnancy-induced vomiting that has caused Prince William's wife Kate to be hospitalised, the term "morning sickness" is way off the mark.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mexican immigrants to the US not as healthy as believed, study finds

Immigrants who come to the United States from Mexico arrive with a significant amount of undiagnosed disease, tempering previous findings that immigrants are generally healthier than native-born residents, according to a ...

Health created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US health security research not balanced enough to meet goals, study suggests

Federal support for health security research is heavily weighted toward preparing for bioterrorism and other biological threats, providing significantly less funding for challenges such as monster storms or attacks with conventional ...

Health created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0